Joint Services in major ganja bust at De Veldt

Sep 19, 2022 News

– arrest four males including juvenile; burn 3000 pounds marijuana during eradication exercise

Kaieteur News – Ranks of the Joint Services Saturday destroyed a large quantity at De Veldt Berbice River, during a major narcotics eradication exercise.

Some 15,000 cannabis plants ranging from ten inches to seven feet amounting to approximately 2000 pounds were found cultivated on a total of approximately six acres of land, the Guyana Police Force said in a release. In addition, approximately 1,000 pounds of dried cannabis, six 12 gauge cartridges were also found in a camp where three adult males and one juvenile were seen attending to the plants on the farms. On seeing the police, they ran in an attempt to escape. However, police gave chase and apprehended all of them. The three males were interviewed and they gave their names as Fabian Atkinson, age 30 years, of Santa Rosa Mission, North West District; Terrence John, age 24 years, of New Amsterdam, Berbice and Elboy Anastacio, age 20 years, of Grove, East Bank Demerara. A search was conducted on Terrence John’s bag in a make-shift camp and a A03 Samsung Cellular phone and one Guyana National ID card were found.

Further searches were conducted in the camp and a Guyana passport in favour of Ephraim Daniel Vaughn along with his vaccination card was found. The camps, drying areas, processed cannabis, and cannabis plants were all destroyed by fire. The three adult males and the juvenile were escorted to Central Police Station along with the cartridges, one spray can, one water can, and one brush cutter, along with cannabis plants. At the station, the detainees were placed in custody pending charges, while the items mentioned above were lodged. Investigations are ongoing.

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